Absolutely right the #Barbados government should stop a deal set to net Richard #Drax £3.2 million…when there is no evidence he’s willing to pay reparations to the country which has enriched his family to tune of millions for centuries on the back of #slavery.
6/10 in UK poll say descendants of enslaved people owed formal apology…but only 4/10 think we should pay reparations.
Clive Lewis MP says:
“This is a fantastic place to build on, to begin a nationwide conversation about tackling many of the unresolved legacies of 400 years of slavery and empire”
Let’s start by looking at the financial and social benefits families such as #Drax have accrued.
‘Among the many plantations on #Barbados, #Drax Hall is a rarity. While the others have changed hands over the centuries, it's been owned continuously by the same family for nearly 400 years. Today, it's still one of the island's largest working plantations.’
Which makes it very clear where Richard Drax gets his wealth + privilege from,intergenerational wealth obtained through #slavery enabled private education and elite networking. BBC position and being a Tory MP came from that privilege.
18 Feb 1651: Francis Willoughby, Governor of #Barbados & the Council of the island proclaim its independence #otd - denying the #Westminster parliament the right to tax them without representation.
I've been in 30+ degree heat in #Barbados. Fine. 31 degree heat in the UK? Pissing hell it's hot as arse! No idea why it's quite so different but it's just shit. I hate it.
Here goes once again: This time I asked #ChatGPT to generate the hashtags for all Global South countries. Sorry for any mistake and I hope I'm not being too spamy:
I'm selling 2 tickets for #CCCamp23 (#Germany, August 15th to August 19th, 2023)
On July 4, 1973, the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) was established when the leaders of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago signed the Treaty of Chaguaramas in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago. This political and economic union now has 15 member states throughout the Americas and Atlantic Ocean.